Poll Shows Why Black Lives Matter Activists Should Be Proud

Nearly one year after Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, 密苏里州, a new poll shows a growing number of people believe there’s much to be done before black lives will be valued as much as others. Fifty-nine percent of Americans now believe changes are needed to give African-Americans equal rights, 根据一个 Pew Research Center poll released on Wednesday. That’s up from 46 percent in a Pew poll just last year, before Brown was killed by officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, setting off a series of demonstrations and fueling the Black Lives Matter movement. The poll saw increases in the number of blacks, whites and Hispanics who felt more changes were needed. 在 2014, 只能 39 percent of whites said more needed to be done. 在 2015, that number jumped to 53 百分之. For blacks, the numbers increased from 79 ％，至 86 百分之, and for Hispanics, 54 ％，至 70 百分之.

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